US state courts wrestle with abortion laws following Supreme Court ruling

After multiple nights of abortion-rights protests, security fences and barbed wire surround the Arizona Capitol (Ross D Franklin/AP)

The fall of Roe v. Wade shifted the battleground over abortion to courthouses around the US, as one side sought quickly to put statewide bans into effect and the other tried to stop or at least delay such measures.

The US Supreme Court’s decision Friday to end constitutional protection for abortion opened the gates for a wave of litigation from all sides.